Mohave County miner., 1887-01-16
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11'hcreis 30 ao,,It abont IT, sail Will
i,'ii Eoiai)erI the venerable Johs, s-rsc
Gnta ilnskcE. sbaailg his white h.a
mournfniIy flute play!ng among anna
teurs has gone out OF style Worse thai
that, IL has become an object OF rilicule
The man who plays the flute for amuss
ment II laughed at; he is regarded as
sort OF Miss Nancy, and his friend
make sly remarks about his lowering
rents In his neighb0rho0d. Tho yers,
makers write what they think are fann]
rhymes about the toot OF the flute, ant
30, taking all things into consideration
the boy or young Blail with q taste fol
music and desire To learn some muslca
instrument Ia actually laughed out Of be
ginning TO play one of the best par.or In
strnnients that Is made
.But what does he learn instead, in nins
cases ont OF tens" continued the old gen
tlcman. 1Why, either the ear.spiittint
cornct or the MUSCLES banjo. Think o
tsat. Instead OF an instrument like th.
iute, with its soft, sweet musical tones
he takes brass nuisance and blows hi.
lungs ont trying to get music out of II
Lowering rents, indeed. Well, ] dom
want to be q neighbor TO the young mar
who Is playing the cornet The banjt
isn't quite as bud, bat what music ther.
Is in It's pink-a-pink-a, runk.a-pupk,
don't know
Mr. Ronnberg spoke with the warmth
Of . partisan. lie pretends 10 Ike notbin,
else. He has been making fintes NOR,
years than most men live. aud looks bac!
with regret TO the days Of '5i, when b,
employed shopful OF inen, and turnes
out flutes by the score. Those were In,
days when II was the thing for young men
to play the German flute. as the four. six
and eight keyed flutes were called Thoss
were the days when professional fnts
players were abundant and excellent. TIN
old man no longer makes German flutes
but In his little shop he still make,
Boehm flutes, apparently quite as skill
fully rs be ever did.
1T Is just possible, ne continued, atha;
the Bochm flute has something to do will
the decrease In tbs popularity of the flute
although II Is almost Treason to say 10.
The Boehm Is perfect Instrument, i'm
measurable superior to the old futc II
Is very much mor,s expensive, costing all
tbr WY huui etct upW&fb ~ - 0lcO
more complicated In It's mechanism, al
though much easier to play, aud there.
fore more liab'c to get out OF order. And
here comes the point want to make. An
anafenr buys a Bcchm fiatc, AMI enjoys
II. Abont the time he has it well In hand
II gels ont OF order A mers trln, per
hap. The maker could ,ix II Ia minnie
lint the owner tiukers with IL. gets IL
worse, takes II TO tho fist music store he
sees; they tell him they'll have 1t fxed;
they send it TO some flute tinker, and the
result is, too often, the flute Is spoiled
Now, had the owner sent IL at once to the
maker, even from distance, his flute
would have come back better than ever.
And 50 IL comes about that you will find,
In not a few homes, Bochm nates that
cost good sum lying dried M and use
less, all for want OF little care
1t is now the fashion TO revive old
styles. Why doesn't come one revive
flute playings There IL no instrument
more perfectly fittth for the parlor. Ac.
companied by the piano, or the harp, or
guitar, or even the banjo Il Is very pleas
ing. There Is much excellent music ar
ranged for the flute and piano, and when
you take two flutes aud piano, each well
played. then you have music indeed